Sentences with phrase «many modern film»

The Motion Picture Production Code, introduced by the major studios in 1930, was a direct progenitor of the Comics Code, while the modern film - rating system and the Parental Advisory labels created by the Recording Industry Association of America in 1985 are all part of the same bloodline.

Whether it's the latest superhero reboot, science fiction thriller or historical epic drama, the effects - driven juggernaut that powers the modern film industry seems to continually overlook subaquatic cinema.

Not sure why you would think a modern film - maker would have that much to do with a writer from the 1st - 3rd century CE... almost 2000 years apart.

Modern films and fiction are replete with examples of persons who try to live as though there were no unseen God, and such persons have the look and smell of monsters.

His Romeo and Juliet and Moulin Rouge movies are practically required viewing for modern film students, but his flashy, excessive style strikes some as the wrong tone for what might be rightly considered the Great American Novel.

The series focuses on classic films, modern films and documentaries that highlights a wide range of labor issues.

Brain scans can also aid modern film technologies: Carlsen and Hubbard scanned volunteers» brains while they watched scenes from the movie Avatar in either 2D or 3D.

Also, while the pages devoted to dissection of classic modern films such as Performance, Alien and Full Metal Jacket make compelling reading, they defeat the utter disposability so crucial to the modern: what can't be instantly forgotten becomes an impediment to what can next be accessed and experienced.

Six of the more modern films were analysed to see how contemporary movies accommodate scale and clutter.

extremely and actually amazingly well - constructed and conceived, without ever losing track of the core story — indeed, there's almost no hope that any modern film, it's almost pitiful — could ever hope to match the grandeur and brilliance of

For such an action - packed modern film, it's surprising how little blood figures into this combat epic.

The year 1997 featured Sutherland as Joey in a modern film noir called The Last Days of Frankie the Fly, and as director of the psycho - thriller Truth or Consequences, N.M..

Modern film - goers are used to explication, to having everything explained for them.

You'll be very surprised at how modern the film is.

Many modern film adaptations of popular novels are slavish to their source material.

A modern film can't, and shouldn't, celebrate whites killing Native Americans, and so it must feature other tribes on the whites» side who «approve.»

Where plenty of more serious - minded modern films would try to build a relevant message into this plot about the dangers of unchecked corporate power, lax regulations, or genetic experiments, Rampage seems to consciously make the antagonists as shrill and unrealistic as possible, to avoid any unfortunate associations with reality.

I was not solely thinking about Ebert's essay (he hasn't written a review that I have seen so far), but also Tod Browning's FREAKS which even has a bit of a similar ending, Sam Fuller's Naked Kiss which has the female lead «realize» a horrific situation at the and several modern films.

Maybe then, if some of them become become directors, they won't just be ripping off Tarantino and P.T. Anderson and causing Roger Ebert to write worried commentaries about the state of modern film, but will know the source that it all comes from

Maybe someday Hollywood will be able to actually make a real modern film.

And, given the relatively slim picking on the modern film landscape, even marginal success on any one level is enough to keep the average moviegoer sated.

Its not a stunning film visually but less is more, a winning formula modern films fail on so many times.

With this piece, I'm not so much REVIEWING Very Bad Things, as much as I am discussing it's place within the confines of modern film itself.

But like many other films («Star Wars») the limitations of the time proved to be the films winning key, this element like other modern films has been lost completely here.

«Creation,» based on the book written by Darwin's great - great - grandson and entitled Annie's Box, is a secular hagiography of Darwin, which is not surprising, given that modern films have a proclivity towards themes that fly in the face of biblical teachings.

Alexandre Desplat has emerged in recent times as an original and exciting voice in modern film music; but so far, he has stuck resolutely to art house fare.

Director Michael Mann does a retread and modern film version of his highly successful 1980's television series and despite his calibre, this turns out to be just like all the other poor makeovers of hit TV shows.

You think of Spellbound, and there are obvious references to Vertigo, but the way that's integrated into a modern film that takes place in the past — that layering of time is really interesting.

A better choice for Mann modern film I guess would be Collateral (2004) which I enjoyed.

In addition to the three - day «Citizen Kane» workshop, I did a Q&A with the actor Jason Patric after a screening of James Foley's «After Dark, My Sweet» (1990), a modern film noir that made both of the Best Ten lists on «Siskel & Ebert,» but sank so quickly at the box office that it never played Chicago and grossed less than $ 2 million.

In the torture porn splatter fest that is today's modern film, it is refreshing to see something so retro.

It's high time all you «big - shot reviewers» learned that personal opinions have no place in modern film criticism.

For Halloween Week we present this video tribute to giallo films and the modern films that pay homage to them.

Designed with sublime attention to detail by regular David Lynch and Terrence Malick collaborator Jack Fisk; scored with nervy yet sweeping themes by Jonny Greenwood; and photographed with exquisite tenderness by Mihai Malaimare Jr., The Master is the rare modern film that feels like the product of old studio craftsmanship.

For a modern film audience, Cool Hand Luke is the perfect way to (re) discover both a brilliant actor and a beautiful man.

Consider them a reminder to re-watch one of modern film's best documentaries, and maybe even share them on your social media.

The Academy treats modern films like red - headed stepchildren in the costume design category, but perhaps the resume of 83 - year - old two - time Oscar winner Albert Wolsky will change their minds.

We blend in other topics as well, ranging from the state of modern film festival - ing, nannys, and other such fun stuff.

Though not as stupid as some horror films, it is less exciting and fun than most modern films of any genre.

Director Tsui Hark and fight director Sammo Hung provide some great wire - fu action sequences among the convoluted plot that is typical of these kinds of Chinese epic modern films.

The pleasures of a modern films transferred to the format is almost redundant as few modern films on Blu - ray...

His next project, Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 epic «There Will Be Blood,» is a giant, both in his personal body of work and in modern film history.

Formalist technics can be worked seamlessly into modern films, like the comic book qualities of Edgar Wright's Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, or they can be sloppy, like every time a current Top 40 hit makes its way into the soundtrack of a period piece.

The $ 1.5 million production budget is surprising, considering it includes salaries for three household faces (whose names are also well - known by anyone versed in modern film).

Paul Thomas Anderson «s Phantom Thread was one of the best films of 2017, and this brief behind - the - scenes glimpse at the film is better than most modern films in their entirety.

As conversation about sex becomes more fluent within our prominently conservative society, it only makes sense that various topics once considered taboo are being used as the centrepiece in modern film.

«The English Patient» be damned (not to mention hugely over praised)-- the best film of ’96 was «Trainspotting» one of the most extraordinary expeirneces I ever had in a film — I sat numb when it was over, and could not wait to see it again — Robert Carlyle is one of the most terrifying characters in modern film — just brilliant.

Like the latter, acclaim, word of mouth, and home video would help give it a cult following, a phrase Lebowski earns as well as almost any modern film.

Unlike the self - obsessed young adults of his modern films, the Count and the Marquise act out of moral duty and social responsibility, and their actions reverberate through family and community.

Though the full two - piece business suits, as smart and vibrant as they are, can not quite match the elegant simplicity of the jacket and polo neck sweater ensembles; the fit and finish as perfect as you will see on modern film: